Intern Aware
Intern Aware is a British-based pressure group, calling for reform of the internship system, focusing on the issue of pay and the minimum wage. The organisation started as a Facebook group named "Interns Must Be Paid The Minimum Wage".[1] It has led campaigns focused on the non-payment of parliamentary interns.[2][3][4] It also campaigned during the Labour Party's leadership election, securing the support of all five candidates[5][6] and persuading Andy Burnham MP to demand that the BBC end unpaid work experience.[7] The campaign has also drawn attention to the connection between increased graduate unemployment and unpaid interns.[8][9][10][11]
References
- ^ Tahmincioglu, Eve (12 April 2010). "Working for Free: The Boom in Adult Interns". Time.
- ^ Rowley, Tom; Savage, Michael (14 September 2010). "MPs should pay us as employees, say Parliament's revolting interns". The Independent.
- ^ "British democracy is run on unpaid labour". Left Foot Forward. 30 March 2011.
- ^ Davis, Rowenna (18 February 2010). "House of poshos". New Statesman.
- ^ Williams, Zoe (8 July 2010). "Support the Tories? That's a steep price for an internship". The Guardian.
- ^ Waugh, Paul (21 July 2010). "Andy Burnham, unpaid 'volunteers' and 'interns'". The London Evening Standard.
- ^ Midgley, Neil (23 July 2010). "Andy Burnham: BBC should end unpaid work experience". The Telegraph.
- ^ Murray, Janet (21 September 2010). "The 1994 Group of universities advertises for graduate volunteers". The Guardian.
- ^ Fineran, Lindsey; Burtun, James (11 July 2010). "The lost generation: Out of work, out of luck - graduates finding it tough". The Independent.
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"12 April 2010". Woman's Hour. 12 April 2010. BBC Radio 4.
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